Issei Madea, Captain of Japan: “The first two sets we did not give our best. The third set we played really well therefore we hope the next matches we will be playing like the third set for the entire matches”.

Farhad Salafzoon, Captain of Iran: “It was a good match. Iran played well, we could have played even better. Our block was not as good as it might have been, but attack and reception were good”.

Masafumi Oura, Coach of Japan: “We now lost both two matches, we also had some problems in Sri Lanka during the asian championships. We are a very sad for the results so far but we hope to do better in the next days”.

Jovica Cvetkovic, Coach of Iran: “We did not give our best because playing in the morning is difficult for us, as it gives us no way to train properly. Japan played with very good technique but we will manage to play better in the next two days. I am sure that if Japan can relax for a while their team will be able to play really better”.